leftovers

For the third year in a row, Devin Tait & The Traitors woke up extra early to perform for the runners in the Los Angeles Marathon. To be honest, I didn't have all that much enthusiasm in the beginning and almost didn't even apply for it. We are down one member since Brandon has departed, and also the marathon is just a lot of work! Plus, they moved the date up by nearly a month to coincide with the US Olympic marathon time trials. However, they finally accommodated our request to perform in Hollywood rather than Echo Park, and were even able to locate us right in front of my job's office. This made it much easier, since we had a place where we could store our stuff the night before, and electricity and bathrooms at our disposal. Also, we were roughly nearer to mile 11 than mile 5 so it was a slightly later start time. Since we don't have a regular bass player at the moment, I had to hire Steve, who performed with us at Fubar, and at Record Parlour and Coutu